Maria Dahvana Headley | |
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| Born | June 21, 1977 Estacada, Oregon, U.S. |
| Education | New York University |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Maria Dahvana Headley (born June 21, 1977) is an American novelist, memoirist, editor, translator, poet, and playwright. She is a New York Times-bestselling author as well as editor.
Her work includes Magonia, a young-adult space-fantasy novel, Queen of Kings, an alternate-history fantasy novel about Cleopatra, and The Mere Wife, a retelling of Beowulf. Her short story "Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream", originally published in Lightspeed magazine in July 2012, was a 2012 Nebula Award nominee in the short story category. Her short story "The Traditional" was a finalist for the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award.[1] Headley won the 2021 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award[2] and the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3] for her translation of Beowulf.
- ^ "2015 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees". The Shirley Jackson Awards. 2015.
- ^ "Harold Morton Landon Translation Award". poets.org. September 15, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.